Glazing hammer



GLAZING HAMMER Fild June 25, 1957 .ffzzf/zibn' W771565I riqvfi Zzkdei, 5. 24301 By W Patented Apr. 25, 1939 GLAZING HAMMER Joseph Riedel, Peru, Ill., assignor to W. H. Maze Company, Peru, 11]., a corporation of Illinois Application June 23, 1937, Serial No. 149,841

3 Claims.

This invention relates to hammers, and more especially to hammers particularly used by glazers.

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Other objects and advantages will appear and be brought out more fully in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hammer embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of the hammer and of a sash illustrating the method of use; and

Fig. 4 is a side view of the tapered spike at one end of the handle.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, I

show a hammer I!) having a head portion H at one end thereof and a tapered spike l3 at the opposite end, the spike having a sharp, flattened edge I4 The head H has a pair of laterally enlarged impact portions or heads l5 at each end thereof,

each being formed at the ends of the head with a flat striking surface l6 substantially perpendicular or normal to the length of the head, a pair of convex side faces I! and lower and upper edge faces l8 and I9 all substantially perpendicular to the surfaces Hi.

The convex side faces I! forming the edges of the impact porrtions l5 converge from face l8 to face I9 or diverge from face Hi to face l8, the head l5 and face "5 thus tapering toward end H) which is smaller and narrower than the end l8, so that as shown in Fig. 3, the surface l6 will strike the points irrespective of the angle at which the handle extends. That is, the head impact portions l5 are substantially the shape of a truncated trapezoidal figure with two opposite sides parallel and the other two sides oppositely convex so that no matter what the angular position of the handle with respect to the work a portion of the face [6 will always strike the retaining points for the glass.

The double faced head makes it easy to drive the points on the right or left side, and the convex faces insure striking the points squarely every time even if the handle swings at an angle while driving. This produces a rocking head which relieves fatigue by permitting the handle 5 to swing while using, instead of necessitating that the head be moved in a rectilinear plane or straight line as well as parallel to the glass, as it is thought will be obvious from the drawing and particularly Fig. 3. The side faces I! are flat and 10 slightly curved on a radius of substantially three inches, these faces being adapted to form with striking face IS, a sharp edge by which the glazing points may be driven into the sash as shown in Fig. 3 wherein the sash is shown at 20, the sash 15 having the usual angular grooves 2| for the edges of a glass pane 22, which is secured therein by points 23, as is well understood by those skilled in the art. The shape of the impact heads I5 is such, that is, so curved that a portion of the 20 same is tangential to the surface of the glass over a considerable angular displacement of the handle 12, thus permitting rapid work and obviating the necessity of carefully positioning the hammer as is necessary with straight sided or 25 round head hammers of the heretofore commonly used type.

The tapered spike l3 will be found to be of particular value in production work in cases where points must be wedged between the glass 30 and the frame to prevent shifting of the lights. The lights of glass are usually smaller than the sash frame openings, and it is necessary to bend or wedge the corner of points between the glass and frame to prevent the lights from shifting, 35 While the putty is still soft. A shifting of the light will cause the putty to break away from the wood frame.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, and the preferred procedural steps for carrying out the novel method, these are capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise 45 details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A glazing hammer as described having a handle and a head. said head having a fiat striking face parallel to the handle and outwardly forming a sharp corner therewith, one end of the striking face being narrower than the other.

3. A glazing hammer as described having a handle and a cross head, said head having a flat striking face at each end, the plane of which extends in the direction of the handle, and convex side edges with parallel ends, one wider than the other, said convex side edges being disposed on opposite sides of the handle and bisected thereby.

JOSEPH RIEDEL. 

